Where does “podpatrywać” come from?

podpatrywać (Polish) comes from Polish -ywać, from Polish -ować, from Latin -owac, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

podpatrywać (Polish): to spy on, to sneak a look

Definitions

to spy on, to sneak a look

Ancestry of “podpatrywać”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Polish	-ywać	forms imperfective verbs from perfective verbs,...
2	Polish	-ować	Used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives
3	Latin	-owac	—
4	Proto-Slavic	-ovati	Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →Every word from Polish -ować →Every word from Polish -ywać →